Artist-The Kinks Song-Holiday Album-Muswell Hillbillies Writer-Ray Davies Tabbed by S. McNally Intro A-F#-Bm-E Verse 1 A F#Bm Holiday, E A F# Oh what a lovely day today, Bm E A F# I'm oh so glad they sent me away, Bm E A F# Bm Eb E To have a little holiday today, holiday. Verse 2 A F# Holiday, Bm E A F# And I'm just standing on the end of a pier, Bm E A F# Hoping and dreaming you were here, Bm E A To share my little holiday. Verse 3 A F# Bm E Lookin' in the sky for a gap in the clouds, A F# Bm E Sometimes I think that sun ain't never coming out, A A7 D Bm But I'd rather be here than in that dirty old town, E I had to leave the city cos it really brought me down. Verse 4 A F# Bm E A F# Oh holiday, oh what a lovely day today, Bm E A F# I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray, thank you Lord, Bm E A F# Bm E Thank heaven for this holiday today, holiday. Bridge D A I'm leaving insecurity behind me, D A The environmental pressures got me down, A A7 D Bm I don't need no sedatives to pull me round, E I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound. Verse 5 Oh holiday, Oh what a lovely day today, I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray, That's what I'll do, Thank heaven for this holiday. Verse 6 Lying on the beach with my back burned rare, The salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair, And the sea's an open sewer, But I really couldn't care, I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air. Verse 7 Oh holiday, Oh what a lovely day today, I'm so glad they sent me away, To have a little holiday.